Half of each incoming class of the Academy shall be
composed of cadets nominated by the following:

(i)

The Vice President
or, if there is no Vice President, by the President pro tempore of the
Senate.

(ii)

A
Senator.

(iii)

A Member of the
House of Representatives.

(iv)

The Delegate to Congress from the District
of Columbia, the Delegate to Congress from the Virgin Islands, the Resident
Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Delegate to Congress from Guam, the Delegate
to Congress from American Samoa, or the Delegate to Congress from the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(B)

Nominees

Each
Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, and Delegate to Congress,
including such Resident Commissioner, is entitled to nominate 3 persons each
year. Cadets who do not graduate on time shall not count against the
allocations pursuant to clauses (i) through (iv) of subparagraph (A).

(2)

Qualification
requirements

An individual shall be qualified for nomination,
selection, and appointment as a cadet at the Academy only if the
individual—

(A)

is a citizen or
national of the United States; and

(B)

meets such minimum
requirements that the Secretary may establish.

(3)

Nomination
information

The Superintendent shall furnish to any Member of
Congress, upon the written request of such Member, the name of the Member of
Congress or other nominating authority responsible for the nomination of any
named or identified person for appointment to the
Academy.

.

(b)

Application

The amendment made by subsection
(a)—

(1)

shall apply
beginning with academic program year 2015, subject to subsection (c), and with
respect to each academic program year thereafter; and

(2)

shall not affect
the application of section 182 of title 14, United States Code, as in effect
before the enactment of this section, with respect to appointment of cadets who
will matriculate to the Coast Guard Academy before such academic program
year.

The Secretary (as that term is used in that section) may
take any additional action the Secretary believes necessary and proper to
provide for the transition to the nomination, selection, and appointment
process provided under this section.